Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net!not-for-mail From: owl Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,sci.physics Subject: Re: Some people don't want a _desktop_ PC. Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 03:36:14 +0000 (UTC) Organization: O.W.L. Lines: 90 Message-ID: References: <9gidnsvi4f8i$.x9e67d5gxbw5.dlg@40tude.net> <3t38ep8z5l7w.p2n0zzm02pjb.dlg@40tude.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: boom.rooftop.invalid User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (Linux/3.16.0-4-amd64 (x86_64)) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:332820 sci.physics:532633 In comp.os.linux.advocacy Big Fish in a Small Crotch wrote: > On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 02:51:49 +0000 (UTC), owl wrote: > >> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Snit wrote: >>> On 11/12/15, 7:26 PM, in article fah30a.a3raf@rooftop.invalid, "owl" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Big Fish in a Small Crotch >>>> wrote: >>>>> On Fri, 13 Nov 2015 01:29:06 +0000 (UTC), owl wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy Snit wrote: >>>>>>> On 11/12/15, 4:37 PM, in article n237nq$lgb$1@dont-email.me, "Slimer" >>>>>>> <.m@nsn.s> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 2015-11-12 4:32 PM, Fabian Russell wrote: >>>>>>>>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 10:20:34 -0700, Snit wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I have cut my teeth on assembly language. Once that fundamental stuff >>>>>>>>>>> gets into your blood it never gets out. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> How do you think this is relevant? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It is relevant because the whole fscking world seemed to have fallen >>>>>>>>> madly in love with Object Oriented programming, and I happen to despise >>>>>>>>> OO with a raging passion. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have examined the issue deeply, and I can only conclude that OO >>>>>>>>> is so fscking popular because people no longer can comprehend >>>>>>>>> hardware. They are lost in the fogs of lofty OO abstractions and >>>>>>>>> cannot perceive the machine. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> But for me it is quite different. I BEGAN with hardware and assembly >>>>>>>>> language. I BEGAN with an intimate involvement with hardware. As >>>>>>>>> a result I can see nothing but the machine. Oh yes, I can understand >>>>>>>>> all the abstractions but, for me, such abstractions quickly fade into >>>>>>>>> nothing against the blazing image of the machine. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> When I encounter high level code of any kind, my mind cannot help >>>>>>>>> but to plunge immediately down into the assembly code that underlies >>>>>>>>> it all. Thus, as a consequence, I do not not especially favor >>>>>>>>> the creation of ever higher abstractions that serve only to >>>>>>>>> obliterate and not truly enlighten. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> It is, I suppose a sickness, but it is a sickness from which no >>>>>>>>> escape, or cure, is possible. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> All anyone needs to know is that coding directly in Assembly means that >>>>>>>> your code will take full advantage of the machine's power. No slowdowns, >>>>>>>> just full speed. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Also will not take advantage of higher level abstractions. There is room >>>>>>> for >>>>>>> both. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Why are you even participating in a discussion of programming topics? >>>>>> You have proved many times that you are completely clueless on that >>>>>> subject. >>>>> >>>>> For the same reason snit participates in literally 100 percent of the >>>>> threads here. >>>>> He craves attention and likes to disrupt things. >>>>> You could start a thread about nuclear fission at the molecular level and >>>>> he would invade it. >>>>> >>>>> Probably the only thread Michael Glasser, The Prescott Computer Guy will >>>>> avoid is one related to him getting a job and supporting his family. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Can you imagine what it's like having to live in Prescott AZ, and this >>>> Prescott Computer Guy is the only one you can turn to if you have >>>> computer problems? The guy's never there when you call because he's >>>> out trolling usenet 24/7. >>>> >>> >>> Really: you could be a decent person if you work on improving yourself and >>> not putting others down just to deal with your insecurity. >>> >> http://i.imgur.com/H3torBM.gifv > > Great stuff! > A little something for our sci.physics friends: https://gifsound.com/?gifv=7XwlXrX&v=nP6xBFyA_aw&s=59 (not mine)